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Ferrari issues worldwide recall of 458 Italia due to fires

Posted 1 day ago in Italian, Miscellaneous News, Supercar News

You’d be pretty happy if you had one of the latest Ferrari 458s, but maybe not quite so happy if you were one of the 9 owners whose cars had caught fire…

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Brabus reveals their take on the Mercedes SLS AMG

Posted 1 day ago in Italian, Supercar News

All the small tuners have revealed their SLS AMGs already, but now Brabus; Mercedes’ unofficial tuning house, have revealed their tuned example. And it’s a beauty…

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New Images of Bugatti Veyron Supersport released

Posted 2 weeks ago in Italian, Supercar News

Not content with capturing the world record for the fastest production car, Bugatti have now revealed the production veresion of that record-breaking car – the Supersport…

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Trashed Ferrari Enzo reborn as Salt-Flat racer

Posted 2 weeks ago in American, Italian, Miscellaneous News, Supercar News

If you’re a billionaire and you destroy your Ferrari Enzo on a road-rally, do you just throw in the towel? Not in this case…

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Mansory offend again with another Hypercar horror!

Posted 4 weeks ago in German, Italian, Supercar News

Yes that’s right. Only a matter of weeks have passed since Mansory’s last press release assaulting our eyes. Yet here they are again, this time with a Veyron based monstrosity…

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Pagani Zonda HH revealed, and other glorious one-off Hypercars…

Posted 4 weeks ago in American, German, Italian, Other, Supercar News

If you’re a wealthy car enthusiast, it just isn’t the done thing anymore to buy an off-the-shelf hypercar. Nowadays you have to get a one-off comissioned by your favourite manufacturer for true exclusivity and bragging rights…

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Ferrari reveal the 458 Challenge racer

Posted 4 weeks ago in Italian, Miscellaneous News, Supercar News

Hot on the heels of the launch of the 458 Italia, Ferrari have revealed their new racer based on the road car. Stunning looks are a guarantee, but will it be as good as it looks?

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First Ferrari, then Pagani break Nurburgring lap record

Posted 1 month ago in Italian, Supercar News

Recently Ferrari amazed everyone by announcing that their 599XX had broken the lap record for the Nurburgring. Then Pagani announce they’ve smashed the previous Italians just a few weeks later….

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Comparison Test – Aston Martin V8 Vantage Roadster Vs Maserati GranCabrio

Posted 1 month ago in British, Italian, Miscellaneous News, Supercar News

When you enter our Supercar competition, you could choose between the soft-top V8 offerings from Aston Martin or Maserati. Here we help you make the decision…

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BOTB Road test – Pagani Zonda F Roadster

Posted 1 month ago in Italian, Supercar News

Few cars are as exclusive, alluring or plain crazy as the offerings from Pagani. Here Nick Hall gets a rare chance to drive one in the UK…

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Bugatti smashes World Land Speed Record with new 1183bhp Veyron Supersport

Posted 2 months ago in Italian, Supercar News

987bhp and 258mph not enough for you? Well luckily Bugatti have the answer…

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BOTB Review – Lamborghini LP560/4 Spyder

Posted 2 months ago in Italian, Miscellaneous News, Supercar News

Tim Oldland tests the latest Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder on some of Yorkshire’s best roads…

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Let battle commence…

Posted 2 months ago in British, Italian, Supercar News

2011 sees the age-old Formula 1 battle make its way onto the streets with the launch of brand new McLaren and Ferrari supercars…

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The Italian V12 lives on…

Posted 3 months ago in Italian, Supercar News

For years, the pinnacle of Italian supercar power was the V12. But with the world downsizing engines and adding forced induction, and more stringent emission regulations strangling these cars, its future looked bleak.

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The return of the proper Lamborghini…

Posted 4 months ago in Italian, Supercar News

When the Gallardo was launched in 2003 many thought Lamborghini had gone soft. It was easy to drive, looked very Germanic in its details, was comfortable, had great ergonomics, and even had normal doors. Sure it still had 500bhp, and sounded incredible, but the literati thought it wasn’t outrageous enough to be a true Lambo.

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225mph! The Greatest Murcielago

Posted 4 months ago in Italian, Supercar News

This is the all-new 225mph replacement for the Lamborghini Murcielago, which will go on sale early next year with a price tag of over £300k and the clear goal of putting Lamborghini back at the top of the supercar tree.

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Lamborghini LP560-4

Posted 6 months ago in Italian, Supercar News

With the new Gallardo LP560-4, Lamborghini once again sets a higher standard for super sports cars. With its new engine, permanent four-wheel drive transmission and new suspension, it delivers clearly improved performance and dynamics. In parallel, its innovative design takes the classic lines unique to the Lamborghini brand one step further. Powerful elegance has never been so defined before.

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Felipe Massa at the wheel of the 700bhp Ferrari 599XX

Posted 6 months ago in Italian, Supercar News

Massa drove the car at Valencia. After several laps he said: “I really enjoyed testing this car, I think it’s extremely powerful and has an exceptional stability. Considering that it has been planned for the track it’s really easy to drive.”

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Gemballa MIG-U1: Weapons-Grade Luxury

Posted 7 months ago in German, Italian, Supercar News

The Gemballa team is on a hot streak, but with a different player this time: Ferrari. The German company known for tuning Porsches for over almost 30 years has crossed the border into Italy, with fantastic results. This is the Ferrari Enzo-based Gemballa MIG-U1.

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Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione: a legendary name for a unique car

Posted 7 months ago in Italian, Supercar News

The definitive version of the gorgeous exclusive Alfa 8C Competizione, Gran Turismo car that is to be produced in a limited edition makes its debut in Paris. The car, designed by Alfa Romeo, is directly derived from the concept car that aroused such admiration at the 2003 Frankfurt Motor Show.

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1966 – 1968 Lamborghini 400GT

Posted 7 months ago in Italian, Supercar News

When Ferruccio Lamborghini moved from tractors to cars, he decided to make a car better than any Ferrari. His biggest problem with the Ferrari models was the lack of quality. So, with the best team possible – made of people like Gian Paolo Dallara and Gitto Bizzarrini – he started to design cars.

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Bugatti Renaissance Design Concept 2010

Posted 7 months ago in Italian, Supercar News

We’re not sure when or if Bugatti will present a direct successor to the 1,001-horsepower Veyron, but if the VW Group-owned company does, John Mark Vicente would like to believe that it may look something like this – the Bugatti Renaissance.

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Italian Police Crash Lamborghini Supercar

Posted 9 months ago in Italian, Supercar News

In a blow to the pride taken by Italy’s police in their two most glamorous patrol vehicles, one of the cars was clipped by a Seat as the more modest car was edging its way out of a petrol station near Cremona. The impact sent the exotic police car flying into a line of parked cars.

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Lamborghini Reventon Roadster

Posted 10 months ago in Italian, Supercar News

Lamborghini presents the ultimate driving machine among open-top two-seaters – the Reventón Roadster is a sports car of breathtaking fascination, menacing power and uncompromising performance. The 6.5 liter twelve-cylinder generates 493 kW (670 PS), catapulting the Roadster from 0 to 100 Km/h (0 to 62 mph) in 3.4 seconds and onwards to a top speed of 330 KM/h (205 mph). The open-top Reventón is not only one of the fastest, but also one of the most exclusive cars in the world – Lamborghini has limited the series.

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Bugatti 16 C Galibier Concept

Posted 10 months ago in Italian, Supercar News

Art – Forme – Technique: those are the brand values to which Ettore Bugatti and his son Jean oriented themselves in order to develop even more powerful engines and even more noble body designs for each new model, which were without equal in quality, handling, speed and elegance. In the process, they experimented again and again without compromise with new materials; thus was Bugatti one of the first manufacturers to use aluminium parts for bodies, engine blocks and wheels.

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July Supercar Winner

Posted 2 weeks ago

Another month, another Best of the Best customer gets the call telling them they’re the winner. July’s lucky recipient was Mr Keith Allen!

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July Sportscar Winner

Posted 2 weeks ago

The excited winner of our July Supercar competition, Alun Rowe, was lost for words when he received the call telling him he’d won!

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May 2010 Supercar Winner

Posted 2 months ago

Mr. Prakton Mal from Norway was the winner of our May Supercar Competition. Unsurprisingly, it took a while for the excellent news to sink in!

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April 2010 Supercar Winner

Posted 2 months ago

Mr. Keith Mark was the winner our April Supercar Competition. Mr. Mark, from Trinidad and Tobago, was genuinely ‘lost for words’ upon receiving the winning call from Will.

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March 2010 Supercar Winner

Posted 4 months ago

Mr. Reza Khaleghi was the winner our March Supercar Competition. Reza, from the United Kingdom, played our competition at Gatwick Airport and was genuniely ‘lost for words’ upon receiving the winning call from Will.

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